7 Indian blockbuster films with multiple remakes

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Indian films with their remakes

Some films' compelling stories, successful box office runs, and memorable performances make them so popular that they get remade in multiple languages. Here's a list of those iconic films:

Devdas

Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali novel, the legendary tragic film has been remade 20 times. The first was a silent film released in 1928, and the last is SRK's 2002 one to date.

Drishyam

The original Malayalam film was released in 2013, starring Mohanlal. It has been remade five times to date in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi languages. It was also remade in Sri Lanka in Sinhalese language in 2017.

Gol Maal

Amol Palekar's 1979 Hindi comedy-drama has been remade four times in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Sri Lanka's Sinhalese language. The Hindi film is one of the most cherished comedy dramas of all time.

Bodyguard

The original Malayalam romantic comedy film was remade in Salman Khan's Hindi version, in Tamil version, Kannada and Telugu versions. There were rumours that a Bengali version may come.

Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana

The Siddharth-starrer Telugu film has been remade seven times including Tamil, Bengali, Oriya, Kannada, Punjabi, Nepali and in Hindi, where Shruti Hassan played the female lead role.

Manichitrathazhu

This 1993 Malayalam original psychological thriller film has been remade four times. Tamil, Kannada, Bengali, and Hindi version of Akshay Kumar's Bhool Bhulaiyaa.

Pokiri

This Mahesh Babu-starrer Telugu film has been remade three times. First in Tamil featuring Vijay, then Salman Khan's Hindi version Wanted, and then Kannada version with actor Darshan

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